I was sitting in Dolores Park selling Souls of San Francisco books when this little girl came up to me and said, “What is this?”

“It’s a picture book I made of people in the city.”

“Can I see it?”

“Sure.”

She starts looking at it…

“It’s all people.”

“That’s right.”

“Why do you take so many pictures of people?”

“Because I think they’re beautiful.”

“Some of them don’t smile?”

“Yep, some don’t.”

“Why not?”

“That’s a good question.”

“You just go up to people and ask them to take their picture?”

“Yeah. Would it be okay if I took your picture?”

“Umm..well…okay.”